About this Research Topic
Chronic diseases are a global epidemic, responsible for the majority of deaths worldwide. Cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, and chronic lung diseases present the highest prevalence, which is projected to increase in the next decades across the globe. In addition to morbidity and mortality, chronic diseases are associated with a considerable economic burden for governments and individuals, as well as losses for economies.
Addressing the burden of chronic diseases is enshrined in the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, in particular, “Good health and well-being”, and subsumed targets and indicators.
Diet and nutrition are major modifiable determinants of chronic diseases, both at prevention (e.g. type 2 diabetes) and management levels (e.g. obesity).
Addressing diet and nutrition in chronic diseases requires trained health professionals and continued support. The sustainability of quality nutrition care in many countries is threatened by a constellation of factors, such as population ageing, the rising burden of chronic diseases and a shortage of health professionals. These factors have driven the reengineering of care processes.
Globally, there is strong policy support for the meaningful use of digital health innovations for citizen empowerment. Specifically, digital technology became popular for expediting the nutrition care process and enhancing dietary self-management. There is a growing body of evidence on the benefits of digital technology in nutritional outcomes in persons with or at risk for chronic disease.
The goal of this research topic is to present a state-of-the-art collection of approaches in nutritional prevention and management of chronic diseases, which is expected to foster advances in practice and research whilst minimizing wasteful redundancies.
We welcome submissions addressing digital technology for nutritional care in the prevention and management of chronic diseases, through, for example, messaging, mobile apps, web-apps, robotics and internet of things:
Person focused digital technology
-Interactive and personalised tools to support nutrition literacy and changes in eating behaviours;
- Tools to support decision-making in nutrition self-management;
- Tools to support assessment, monitoring and reporting of outcomes;
- Tools to enhance communication with practitioners.
Practitioners focused digital technology
- Tools to support the nutrition care process (e.g. assessment, diagnosis, monitoring and evaluation);
- Tools to support decision-making in nutrition management;
- Tools to enhance communication with persons;
- Tools to support integrated care, including integration of nutritional data with other clinical data.
Different types of manuscripts are encouraged, including, but not limited to, original research articles, reviews, systematic reviews and technology design and development.
- Tools to support the nutrition care process (e.g. assessment, diagnosis, monitoring and evaluation);
- Tools to support decision-making in nutrition management;
- Tools to enhance communication with persons;
Addressing the burden of chronic diseases is enshrined in the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, in particular, “Good health and well-being”, and subsumed targets and indicators.
Diet and nutrition are major modifiable determinants of chronic diseases, both at prevention (e.g. type 2 diabetes) and management levels (e.g. obesity).
Addressing diet and nutrition in chronic diseases requires trained health professionals and continued support. The sustainability of quality nutrition care in many countries is threatened by a constellation of factors, such as population ageing, the rising burden of chronic diseases and a shortage of health professionals. These factors have driven the reengineering of care processes.
Globally, there is strong policy support for the meaningful use of digital health innovations for citizen empowerment. Specifically, digital technology became popular for expediting the nutrition care process and enhancing dietary self-management. There is a growing body of evidence on the benefits of digital technology in nutritional outcomes in persons with or at risk for chronic disease.
The goal of this research topic is to present a state-of-the-art collection of approaches in nutritional prevention and management of chronic diseases, which is expected to foster advances in practice and research whilst minimizing wasteful redundancies.
We welcome submissions addressing digital technology for nutritional care in the prevention and management of chronic diseases, through, for example, messaging, mobile apps, web-apps, robotics and internet of things:
Person focused digital technology
-Interactive and personalised tools to support nutrition literacy and changes in eating behaviours;
- Tools to support decision-making in nutrition self-management;
- Tools to support assessment, monitoring and reporting of outcomes;
- Tools to enhance communication with practitioners.
Practitioners focused digital technology
- Tools to support the nutrition care process (e.g. assessment, diagnosis, monitoring and evaluation);
- Tools to support decision-making in nutrition management;
- Tools to enhance communication with persons;
- Tools to support integrated care, including integration of nutritional data with other clinical data.
Different types of manuscripts are encouraged, including, but not limited to, original research articles, reviews, systematic reviews and technology design and development.
- Tools to support the nutrition care process (e.g. assessment, diagnosis, monitoring and evaluation);
- Tools to support decision-making in nutrition management;
- Tools to enhance communication with persons;
Keywords: Behavioral science, Chronic diseases, Digital, Diet, Disease prevention, e-health, Eating behavior, m_health, Non-communicable diseases, Nudge, Nutrition, Self-care, Self-management
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